The Vintage & Classic Car Club of India (VCCCI) is organizing the annual VCCCI Vintage Car & Motorcycle Fiesta in Mumbai on February 25 and 26.
The event is organized by the Vintage and Classic Car Club of India (VCCCI), India's official body for vintage motor vehicles, and is affiliated to the World by FIVA, in association with the Western India Automobile Association & Traffic Police, Mumbai.
As this prestigious event's popularity increases with every passing year, entries have poured in from all over India for this year's edition too, that will include rare cars from 1900 to 2006.
The event, sponsored by The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd., will showcase some of the country's most important cars, making it a legendary event that draws great enthusiasm from participants and spectators alike.
The Fiesta is open to cars and motorcycles manufactured between 1940 and 1980, along with some rare cars till 2006, which fall into the Modern Classics category.
The Fiesta begins and concludes at Kala Ghoda in Mumbai. While the actual route will remain undisclosed till one minute before flag-off, enthusiasts can see the cars as they wind their way from Kala Ghoda to Juhu back.
This year's rally will include some exceptional cars that have not been seen in any Indian rally till date.
Mumbai Police Commissioner A N Roy will be the first to be flagged off in a Crysler Convertible 1952-8 cylinder, owned by Nitin Dossa, chairman of VCCCI.
Other attractions include Yohan Poonawalla's Rolls Royce Phantom 3, a convertible marquee formerly owned by the Maharaja of Kota, two Rolls Royces from Ramesh Thakkar's collection and Zaheer Vakil's impeccably preserved Buicks, Jaguars and Rovers.
This year's rally will travel on a shorter route of 33 km, as compared to last year's 42 km, because the VCCCI have taken into account vehicle heating and the road-widening programme currently under way at many places in the city.
In the motorcycles segment, the oldest till date is the 1911 Triumph owned by Nitin Dossa.
